Through the analyses of the additional datasets we identified nine novel T1D associated genes and variants, SNP rs1111107 of ITGB7, SNP rs722988 of NRP1, SNP rs694739 of BAD, SNP rs1296023 of CTSB, SNP rs11964650 of FYN, SNP rs9906760 of UBE2G1, SNP rs17759555 of MAP3K14, SNP rs1557150 of ITGB1, and SNP rs1445898 of IL7R. The gene discussed is CTSB; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.